[4] The station began broadcasting in January 1974 with test programming and formally launched on February 18 from studios in the basement of University Hall.
Student interest caused Danner to found the Lincoln College Broadcasting Club, initially exploring the world of amateur radio operation.
He taught these classes as part of his full-time duties, in addition to also serving as faculty adviser and general manager of the station from 1974 to 1987.
Following Danner, local commercial radio veteran Jim Ash, who worked at WLNX when attending college at LC, was hired as part-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1987 to 1989.
Lincoln College and WLNX alumnus Lloyd Kirby was hired as full-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1989 to 1998.
Lincoln College added management of a cable access channel and started a four-year radio, television, and new media degree program in 2016.
[10] In early 2022, Lincoln College suffered a cyberattack that severely disrupted the university's enrollment systems, creating additional strains atop the effects of COVID-19, and led it to announce it would close after 157 years.